Author: Olive Metuge
A Palestinian paramedic who was present at an incident in which 15 of his colleagues were killed in southern Gaza last month said he witnessed Israeli troops firing at emergency vehicles that he later saw stained with blood.After several days of uncertainty about the whereabouts of the paramedics, Red Crescent and United Nations officials found the bodies of the 15 emergency and aid workers buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza, accusing Israeli forces of killing them. Another worker is still missing.Munther Abed, a volunteer for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, said he was responding to a call with two colleagues near…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 4, 2025 at 4:41 pm The Trump administration came to the court nearly a month ago, on March 13. (Katie Barlow) Lawyers for two different groups of states, as well as lawyers representing immigrants’ rights groups and several pregnant women, urged the Supreme Court on Friday to leave in place three orders by federal judges that prohibit the federal government from implementing an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States. If the Supreme Court intervenes when the Trump…
Home Daily News 2 firms speak out after Trump seeks lawyer… Law Firms 2 firms speak out after Trump seeks lawyer sanctions for ‘unreasonable and vexatious’ suits against US By Debra Cassens Weiss March 24, 2025, 11:20 am CDT President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on March 14. (Pool photo by the Associated Press) Two law firms have issued statements criticizing President Donald Trump after he issued a memo late Friday calling for sanctions, ethics referrals and reassessment of security clearances against lawyers and firms that engage in “frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation” against…
The Dubai World Cup 2025 is due to start later than planned…If you’re heading to the Dubai World Cup 2025 that’s on today, there is some important information you need to know. There has been a slight scheduling change for the event that’s on today Saturday, April 5th. The event is a highlight in the sporting and social calendar, where sporting excellence, fashion, entertainment, and fine dining mingle together, making it one of the UAE’s unmissable annual social events.The gates will now open at 2.30pm, which is a little later than the 1pm time that was first announced and noted on…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A few weeks ago, my colleague Doris Burke sent me a story from The New York Times that gave us both deja vu. The piece reported that Starlink, the satellite internet provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, had, in the words of Trump administration officials, “donated” internet service to improve wireless connectivity and cell reception at the White House. The donation puzzled some former officials quoted in the story. But it immediately struck us as the potential Trump-era…
“There’s a lot of other rich countries in the world, they should all be pitching in.”We’re going to do our part. We already have people there. We’ll have more people there. We’ll help as much as we can [but] it’s not the easiest place to work… they have a military junta that doesn’t like us,” Rubio said.On Tuesday, a former USAID official told the BBC the shuttering of the agency, led by the billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk, meant the White House could not send teams from the US to save lives in the immediate aftermath of the 28 March…
An uninhabited Antarctic outpost populated by penguins. One of the smallest economies in the world. An Arctic archipelago with more polar bears than people.To quote Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, it really does appear that “nowhere on Earth is safe” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.Trump rattled markets, manufacturers and more Wednesday announcing a baseline of 10 per cent tariffs on imports into the United States — and far higher on goods from some places, notably those with high trade surpluses with the States. In enforcing his steep and broad tariffs, analysts have suggested Trump has upended the global order.But to many observers, the most…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Apr 4, 2025 at 5:38 pm The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on March 26. (Katie Barlow) The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon put on hold an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would have required the Department of Education to reinstate more than $65 million in grants that it terminated in February because they funded programs that included diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In an unsigned three-page opinion, a majority of the court explained that the government likely would not be able to get the funds back once they…
Home Daily News Paul Weiss leader cites potential ‘existential… Law Firms Paul Weiss leader cites potential ‘existential crisis’ as 1 reason for Trump deal; critics include 141 firm alumni By Debra Cassens Weiss March 24, 2025, 1:49 pm CDT An executive order targeting Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison “could easily have destroyed our firm,” the law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, told employees in a March 23 statement defending the deal that he reached with President Donald Trump. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) An executive order targeting Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison “could easily have destroyed our firm,” the…
He joins a galaxy of stars in the capital…With only a fortnight to go until the largest-ever Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC) lands in the UAE capital, the event’s newest leading name has just been revealed, and it’s none other than web-swinging Hollywood star, Andrew Garfield.Here’s a glimpse from the ‘unmasking’, at Manarat Al Saadiyat this evening:Images: suppliedThe L.A. born Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor, who made his franchise debut as Peter Parker in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man before following his performance up with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider Man: No Way Home (2021), will…